One bright spot for MSNBC was that its audience also grew in 2012. MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” was the lone non-Fox News Channel programming to make the top 10 in the 25-54 demo. It finished 12th in overall viewers.

When considered along with its basic-cable competition, FNC earned third place in prime time viewership, behind both the USA Network and ESPN. Its cable competitors, MSNBC and CNN, ranked 19th and 29th, respectively, in that same category.

And in the “Total Day” category, Fox News was fourth among all cable networks, with MSNBC ranked 24th and CNN 31st.

CNN, which recently announced Jeff Zucker as its new president, is having its 2nd-worst prime time since 1992, in both overall viewers and the coveted 25-54 demographic, in addition to having its lowest rated total day ratings since 1992 with the 25-54 demo.